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News and Events

Lamar University honored Kumer Das with the University Scholar Award April 8 in an award ceremony at the Unversity Reception Center on the eighth floor of the Mary and John Gray Library. Read more...

Lamar University senior Kara Timberlake will participate in the Institute on Political Journalism summer program in Washington D.C. through the Fund for American Studies as one of two David J. Beck Fellows for 2015. Read more...

Lamar University assistant professor of biology, Ian Lian, is part of an international research team that recently had a study published in the February issue of Nature. Read more...

For the sixth consecutive year, the Lamar University history department will host a National History Day regional competition for elementary and secondary school students, on Thursday, February 12, 2015, at the Setzer Center. Read more...

Lamar University was named a top college for online computer science programs by ComputerScienceOnline.org, a resource for online learning in computer science and related fields. Read more...

The Lamar University Foundation has established a new endowed scholarship in the name of Amie Lynn Bean. The Amie Lynn Bean Memorial Scholarship will benefit undergraduate students majoring in nursing. Read more...

The LU Department of English and Modern Languages will offer four new courses for the spring semester addressing the subject of ethics in an uncommon and unique format: through literature. Read more...

Four Lamar University computer science students won prizes in a student research competition hosted by the Association of Computer Educators in Texas at its 50th Annual Conference. Read more...

The Lamar University College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of English and Modern Languages will host 14 writers from around the country to talk with faculty, staff, students and the community about writing and publishing. Read more...

Kara Timerlake, an English and communication major with a minor in Spanish has been selected as one of the 2015 recipients of the David J. Beck Fellowship. Read more...